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9. Arnold Schwarzenegger Was Paid Approximately $21,429 For Every Word He Said – Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day would probably be most people’s choice for “best Terminator movie,” because that’s exactly what it is. And Arnold Schwarzenegger, who plays the titular character, likely remembers it as such, too, though not necessarily for the reasons you might expect: the actor was paid a whopping $15 million dollars to star, and only utters 700 words throughout the entire movie.

Which translates to around $21,429 per word. I mean, woah, right? Of course, Arnie does more than just say words over the course of the sci-fi classic, but I’m not sure you can really catch him doing much “acting.” That’s to say, this was a massively prosperous venture for the action hero” Uttering the iconic line “Come with me if you want to live” bagged him $171, 432 alone!

In Return of the Jedi, right before all the ships jump into hyperspace to attack the 2nd Death Star, in the top left corner of the screen, one of the ships is actually a high top sneaker with engines attached to it.

As for the Arnold salary: I agree, he’s not to most sophisticated actor in the business, but using this “dollars per words” logic what about Ray Park? For Phantom Menace it can be pretty nice (I don’t know and can’t find the numbers), and what to do with his role as Snake Eyes in G.I.Joe? ;-)